Bats as a source of emerging zoonotic diseases - the interface with wildlife
Lin-Fa Wang
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CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Australia and Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
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Microbiology Australia 33(4) 150-153 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA12150
Published: 1 November 2012
Abstract
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are defined as infections that have newly appeared in a population or have undergone a rapid change in incidence or geographic location1. Since 1940s, more than 300 EIDs have been recorded2, most of which are viruses. Approximately 75% of human EIDs originated from animals. Of all the EIDs, zoonoses from wildlife represent the most significant threat to human health. Zoonotic EIDs have been identified in a variety of wildlife animals, including ungulates, carnivores, rodents, primates, bats and other mammal and non-mammal species. AIDS, the most significant EID of modern times, originated from non-human primates. Rodents have long been recognised as an important source of EIDs including hantavirus, plaque and lyme disease3. In the last few decades, bats (Order Chiroptera) have received growing attention as reservoirs for EIDs. Particularly, a number of high profile zoonotic viruses with significant human and animal morbidity and mortality have been linked to bat reservoirs4,5.
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